NCJ Number
159591
Editor(s)
L J Fennelly
Date Published
1996
Length
562 pages
Annotation
Written by security and crime prevention professionals, these 41 papers provide practical information and guidelines regarding security methods, security operations and systems, the nature and use of security in modern society, and security management.
Abstract
An introduction details the history and principle of crime prevention and security. The chapters on crime prevention and security methods focus on the principles and steps involved in architectural design to improve security, issues and techniques related to security surveys, internal theft controls, executive protection, neighborhood watch programs, community oriented policing, and strategies and applications of crime prevention through environmental design. Chapters on operations and equipment explain the levels of physical security, physical barriers such as doors and fences, the use of locks, safes and vaults, security lighting, alarm systems, closed-circuit television, security guard services, the handling of bombs and bomb threats, and physical security planning. Chapters on security and crime prevention applications focus on transportation security, hotel security, alcohol and security procedures, campus security, hospital security, library security, apartment building security, office building security, prevention of workplace violence and drug abuse, personal security, domestic assault prevention, security measures for automatic teller machines and shopping centers, computer crime prevention, and electronic surveillance. The papers on management discuss planning, security education, data analysis in crime prevention, community relations, public relations, and crime prevention in Canada. Figures, tables, diagrams, photographs, checklists, sample forms, glossaries, chapter reference lists, and index